Young man arrested for stealing gold necklace for girlfriend
After robbing the gold, Phong (from Nghe An) gave his girlfriend a gold pendant and sold four 9999 gold rings to a gold shop in Quoc Oai town (Hanoi).
On the evening of February 1, a leader of the Bac Tu Liem District Police (Hanoi) said that they had arrested Vo Van Phong (20 years old, from Thanh Chuong, Nghe An) to investigate the act of robbery.
Previously, on January 28, Bac Tu Liem Police received a report from Ms. Do Thi Bich H. (in Phu Dien ward, Bac Tu Liem district) about a young man robbing Anh Hong gold shop of 4 plain gold rings and a gold pendant, totaling about 33.25 million VND.
During the investigation, on the afternoon of January 30, the authorities arrested Vo Van Phong. Phong said he wanted to buy a gold pendant to give to his girlfriend, so he went to the Anh Hong gold shop. Seeing that the shop was vulnerable, with only Ms. H. standing there selling, and Phong being in debt, he came up with the idea of snatching it.
The subject pretended to ask to buy a 2-tael plain gold ring, 3 1-tael plain gold rings (all 9999 gold), and a western gold pendant. Taking advantage of Ms. H. being busy writing the bill, Phong stole the gold and ran away.
